1,000 years ago, the country of Ecron was founded. It was a small country at the time, with five founding council members. The council of Ecron controls the entire country, however, the day Ecron was founded, Councillor Zadicus Crane attempted black magic. Black magic is a forbidden art, because it corrupts the user's soul, that didn't stop Zadicus. He went to the council vault, and stole the ancient scroll of the blood moon.
Zadicus created the blood moon ritual circle in the middle of the meadows, which are located on the outskirts of the capital, Ozon. He cut his finger, and dripped some blood on the ritual circle, which blasted a red beam into the sky, and the moon started to fade to red.
After witnessing this happen, the remaining 9 court members convened, and they unanimously decided to banish Zadicus from Ecron. They teleported to his ritual grounds, and started to perform their own ritual, to banish him, but it went wrong. Zadicus started fading into a black smoke, they had stripped his soul from his body, to avoid this from happening again, they hid everything Zadicus had, pertaining to black magic, in an underground temple, and sealed it with a spell. Zadicus swore his revenge as he left. As the ritual stopped, the blood moon faded. However, they needed precautions set in place, so its existence was cataloged, in the capitol building, in case it ever happened again.
As for what happened to Zadicus Crane? His soulless form went to the sky island country of Aeria. He corrupted every inch of it, crashing the sky island into the ocean, which caused a tsunami on the coast of Ecron, destroying a town named Ascot.
1,000 years later, a man named Myron Zayne became best friends with a man named Mace Crimson. Mace is a member of the council of Ecron, so when Myron went on an expedition to find buried ancient ruins, he didn't inform Mace. He had heard rumors it was abandoned by the founders of Ecron. He was unsure of who he'd heard it from, it felt like he just needed to find it. However, what he found was evil. He found an ancient scroll, created by the founders. Inscribed in the scroll was an ancient tongue, the forgotten language of Ecron. Thankfully for Myron, he had studied history all his life, so he chanted the inscription, which released a black magic curse.
His eyes turned fully black, dripping with blood, black as coal, and he levitated off of the ground, as the ancient ruins collapsed in on themselves. Now above ground, he looked to the sky, and saw the moon as red as blood. Thus, the council of Ecron convened. They saw the files regarding the first blood moon, so their only hope was to banish Myron Zayne. Myron kept hearing a voice, directing him to do a ritual that would take ten years to complete. He didn't know who this voice was, but felt compelled to obey, so Myron got to work and started preparing his ritual in the meadows.
He drew his black ritual circle, and dropped in some of his blood, thus a bright red beam lit up the sky, making the blood moon glow bright red. The blood moon had returned. Mace rushed over, and saw his old friend had been corrupted by black magic. Mace, with his messy, short brown hair, and scraggly beard rushed over to Myron and shouted "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Myron could barely hear him, as wind started swirling all around them, from the ritual, and he started chanting in an ancient, unknown language. He had been overtaken by the voice he had heard so long ago.
Back in the capital, the court of Ecron was discussing how to handle this villainy; they had excluded Mace because he is too close to the case. One court member spoke up saying they should kill him, another said to execute him. That's when one court member called for banishment, as gasps echoed through the court. The only other banishment that had been performed was the banishment of Zadicus. The court agreed, and so they teleported to the grounds of the ritual.
The court appeared behind Mace, as Mace turned around, the leading court member yelled towards Mace, "WE MUST BANISH MYRON, IF WE DON'T ECRON WILL BE DESTROYED!" Mace hesitantly nodded. He was the only one powerful enough to banish Myron Zayne. He stepped forward, hands glowing, and whispered to Myron "I'm so sorry" as he performed the banishment spell.
The ritual stopped, and Myron was engulfed in a black smoke. He chuckled and sent some of the black smoke into Mace, as he began vanishing. He chuckled, telling Mace that he'd put black magic surrounding his heart. Once he activates it, Mace will die. He sighed, turning to the council and said "Is there any way we can remove it? My wife Ruby is pregnant with twins. They can't grow up without a father!" They all shook their heads, as Myron laughed maniacally, until he fully faded away.
Seven months after that fateful day, Ruby Crimson died in childbirth, giving birth to a set of twins. Mace crimson named them Tara and Melody Crimson.
On Tara and Melody's tenth birthday, Tara was sent to their basement to grab boxes containing magic items, because it was time for Tara and Melody to begin their magic training. As Tara was grabbing the boxes, she heard a faint voice. She felt herself moving towards an old, dusty scroll. She opened the scroll, and chanted the inscriptions. Mace yelled out in pain, and fell down the stairs to the basement. Tara had activated the black magic surrounding his heart, which destroyed it. She ran over to Mace, but the black flames burned her face.
She screamed out in pain, as she vanished. Melody ran downstairs, but all she saw was ash. Tara and Mace were dead. She ran out the door, and into the woods. She didn't know where she was going, until she eventually reached the border of Ecron and Asnea. She went over the border, and decided to live in an empty log cabin she found.